System and method for follow me television function

Abstract

A method for a follow me television function the method comprising the steps of: receiving an audio video content; processing and delivering the content to a first device at a first location for playback; the method further comprising the steps of: monitoring location of at least one another device by a device monitoring means; monitoring location of a user by a user monitoring means; detecting whether the user is closer to a second device than to the first device currently used for playback; wherein in case the user is closer to the second device than to the first device currently used for playback, transferring the audio video playback session from the first device to the second device; and starting playback of the audio video content on the second device and stopping playback on the first device.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for a follow me television function the method comprising the steps of:
 receiving an audio video content ( 201 ); 
 processing and delivering the content ( 202 ) to a first device at a first location for playback for a first user; 
 the method being characterized in that it further comprises the steps of: 
 monitoring ( 203 ) location of at least one another device by a device monitoring means ( 108 ): 
 monitoring ( 204 ) location of the first user by a user monitoring means ( 103 ); 
 
       wherein the user monitoring means ( 103 ) are configured to differentiate between tracked users and their respective audio video sessions:
 detecting ( 205 ) whether the first user is closer to a second device than to the first device currently used for playback; 
 wherein in case the first user is closer to the second device than to the first device currently used for playback checking session transfer parental control options, wherein the session transfer parental control options define whether playback, for the first user, may be transferred to the second device; 
 in case the playback may be transferred, transferring ( 206 ) the audio video playback session from the first device to the second device; and 
 
       starting ( 207 ) playback of the audio video content on the second device and stopping playback on the first device. 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1  characterized in that the user monitoring means is configured to predict future location of the first user and commence delivery, of the audio video content was stopped on before the first user reaches the second device. 
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 1  characterized in that the playback is configured to start, earlier by a predefined amount of time, on the second device from the moment the audio video content was stopped on the first device. 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 1  characterized in that the monitoring ( 203 ) of location of at least one another device is based on RFID tag or inertial navigation reading or Wifi navigation, or Lifi (“light fidelity”) navigation or BT (Bluetooth) navigation or NFC readers or GPS navigation or on information provided by a mobile device to the system. 
     
     
       5. The method according to  claim 1  characterized in that the monitoring ( 204 ) of location of a user by a user monitoring means ( 103 ) is effected by means of infrared sensors or passive acoustic sensors or ultrasonic sensors or photoelectric sensors or cameras or RFID or thermal sensors. 
     
     
       6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions performing all the steps of the computer-implemented method according to  claim 1  when executed on a computer. 
     
     
       7. A system for follow me television function, the system comprising:
 a data bus ( 101 ) communicatively coupled to internal modules and configured to communicate the modules among, each other; 
 a signal reception and processing module ( 107 ) configured to receive a television signal comprising audio video content; 
 a memory ( 105 ) communicatively coupled to the data bus ( 101 ); 
 a controller ( 104 ) for managing the internal modules; 
 the system being characterized in that it further comprises: 
 the controller ( 104 ) being configured to execute steps of the method according to  claim 1 : 
 a content processing means ( 102 ) configured to adapt content to particular target client device; 
 communication means with client devices ( 106 ) configured to selectively output the audio video content to a given client device; 
 a device monitoring means ( 108 ) configured to detect location of at least two devices capable if audio video content playback; and 
 a user monitoring means ( 103 ) configured to track at least one user.